Addendum

Updated Nov. 13, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

De la Tour, Georges (1593-1653)--

French painter noted for his candlelit and daylit paintings. The son of a baker in Vic-sur-Seille, little is known about de la Tour's life even though he was a popular painter of his day. As a result of his marriage to noblewoman Diane Le Nerf, he was able to move to the duchy of Luneville, where he was commissioned by Duke Henry. Soon other nobles in Luneville commissioned him to create paintings as gifts for local governors, dukes and religious houses. Many private patrons also owned...